By Sajjad Shaukat Although 23rd of March is celebrated every year as the Pakistan Day, but, this time, it has come at a time when Pakistan stands at the crossroads of its destiny, facing internal and external challenges and threats to the national security of the country, which are worrying all the citizens. The 23rd of March 1940 was a watershed in the history of the Sub-continent, when All India Muslim Le ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Patriot Pakistanis had perceived that after the division of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), its leaders would not target the integrity of Pakistan. But, anti-Pakistan activities of the MQM continue unabated. In this respect, in the recent past, Nadeem Nushrat spokesman of the MQM for the Free Karachi campaign has allegedly said that the Pakistan Army was carrying out ethnic cleansing o ...

Posted By Zaheerul Hassan On March 15, 2018. Ambassador Yusuf Buch, former senior advisor to the United Nations Secretary General has elucidated in New York that if there had been popular support in Kashmir for joining India, the dispute over Kashmir would have lasted for a year or so at the most. It would have dissolved long ago. “The situation in Kashmir has nothing to do with passivity or docility in the ...

By Asif Haroon Raja In his ten year rule, Field Marshal Ayub Khan achieved phenomenal all round results mainly because he had kept the politicians out till 1964 under EBDO. He debarred the politicians from politics for ten years on account of their dismal performance after the murder of Liaqat Ali Khan in October 1951. Their incompetence and their indifference to the rule of law and constitution making as w ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Like his other political follies, the US President Donald Trump’s announcement of the ‘trade wars’ has started a new debate in the world regarding a prospective global trade war. So far, much has been said and written by various world leaders and analysts. But, we should know that when we analyze some issue of international affairs, we should also take note of the interrelated developments ...

نغمہ حبیب جمہوریت کو انسانی حقوق کا علمبردار طرزِ حکومت سمجھا اور مانا جاتا ہے اور دنیا کے اکثر ممالک جمہوری اقدار پر بجایا بے جا فخر کرتے ہیں بے جا اس لیے کہ ہر ملک میں کہیں نہ کہیں اور کسی نہ کسی طور پر کسی نہ کسی کے جمہوری حقوق کسی حد تک پامال یا متاثر ہو رہے ہو تے ہیں لیکن کچھ ممالک میں یہ حد بہت آگے تک بڑھ جاتی ہے ایسا ہی ہمارے پڑوسی ملک بھارت میں بھی ہے ۔ کہلاتا یہ ملک خود کو جمہوریہ اور سیکولر ہے لیک ...

By Asif Haroon Raja Strange are the ways in this land of the pure which at times stuns the world by bagging world records in various fields, be it sports, academia, technical and artisan skills, military professionalism, nuclear knowhow, charity, hospitality, or resilience to face crisis. On the other hand, it suffers from the stigma of being the most dangerous country in the world. Ignoring the strengths, ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Maqbool Bhat was the initiator of the Kashmir’s struggle, who was hanged by the then Indian regime on February 11, 1984 in Tihar Jail, as the reprisal expressed by New Delhi. In order to pay homage to the initiator of the Kashmir’s struggle, every year, the 11th of February is being celebrated as the martyrdom anniversary of Maqbool Bhat. He was hanged to take the revenge of the killing of ...